today's goodwill finds

[luckydog]

today was a great day at the goodwill bargain barn

they were just putting out new loads of stuff when i got there.

i found almost 100 45rpm records from 60's and up, along with a plastic tote and a kmart portable 8 track player with the optional ac walwart

but, i couldn't find one 8 track tape to buy to test it.

the player turns on when you put a tape in and has a push button on top to chsnge tracks

they usually charge more for just the records than i paid

Spoiler

3 bucks for all plus tax

[Sid]

they sure do have some low pricing for some things over there..

sheesh..

[dattia]

The Goodwill in my area is a lot more expensive... you have to really look. I once picked up a set of six plastic dishes that I thought were cute. The price was $6 which I thought was pretty expensive... then I turned them over and they were factory labeled to be 99 cents each retail! The Goodwill had them priced higher than the MSRP!!!

[luckydog]

the bargain barn gets all the stuff that doesn't either get put out or doesn't sell from all the goodwills in the area.

the cashiers are all spanish and charge you whatever price they feel like, it can change from day to day depending on their moods or if they like you or not that day.

large batches of small toys are 99 cents a pound, clothes are 1.49 a pound,

shoes are 2.00 a pair--people have a grabbing frenzy when they are put out

dvd's or vcd's 1.00 each, video game carts 50 cents to a dollar.

when a new batch of stuff gets put out its a mad rush to grab what you can

once a day, whatever is left gets moved out to the back and compacted or recycled.

[luckydog]

its wet and rainy today and I got to goodwill bargain barn as they were putting out new totes of goodies

i got a snes with walwart, controller and 3 games plus a solitaire lite handheld

all for $7.00 plus tax

donkey kong country 3 game alone will bring $15.00

and the solitaire lite radica handheld player sells for around $25.00

RADICA: SOLITAIRE LITE hand held game 1997 WORKS GREAT! - eBay (item 110481651247 end time Jan-31-10 08:26:13 PST)

[luckydog]

I haven't found much the last week or so and today finally a good day at Goodwill

I got a semi-working stackable record player for $3.00, it hangs up when the records are ready to drop, other than that it plays very good

also 4 PS1 games with the disks in excellent condition for $1.00 each

and a vhs tape of disney uncle remus zip a dee doo dan sing along song for 50 cents

total with the tax was $7.99

Disney pulled anything related to song of the south, so the vhs tape should sell for over 10 bucks on ebay

[beachcat]

such a fun song!! YouTube - Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NulSzKqgHY

[luckydog]

thursday I bought 8 vintage video games for a dollar each.

I sold the best 2 for $12.75 each that nite

snes donkey kong country 1 and 2

have 3 more listed and keeping 3 for myself.

today I wasn't really going to go, but, changed my mind and I'm glad I did

I got 36 45rpm records from 50's and 60's lots of good ones including stones and doors

n64 game super mario 64

and a load of lionel train stuff from 1987, which should do good on ebay, everything but the engine was there.

from goodwill bargain barn all for the total cost of

Spoiler

$8.00 plus tax

[new in town]

At a Boy LD ! ! !

[luckydog]

I did good today, I got there just as they were putting out new totes of stuff

I got my last coffee maker new in box there for $5.00 well over a year ago, its starting to sound like its ready to die.

I found the same 4 cup in the bargain barn for $3.00 with glass pot today

I also found a nice batch of 12 video games, they charged 50 cents a game and some of those will bring a good price on ebay.


all for under 10 bucks with sales tax

[compirate]

Zelda! YEA!

[hennaoj]

Ooh a Mr Coffee, my parents have one at their house in Sarasota. I wish they did them in the uk.

[luckydog]

the week is starting out good

I got a boss me-6 guitar effects pedal system will sell it for repairs or parts, no power supply

2 xbox 360 wireless controllers

a n64 transfer pak

and jar of pellets for my airsoft gun

all for the low price of

Spoiler

$6.50 plus tax

[luckydog]

only one goodie today

a super bowl XXXIII full size riddell display helmet

bargain barn price was

Spoiler

$2.00 plus tax

I also got 4 full size tombstone pizzas for $4.96 with BOGO and coupons, a $16.98 savings

[luckydog]

I havent really found anything all week at goodwill

today I got there as they were just changing all their totes for fresh stock

I hit paydirt

a white's metal dectector main top and scanning piece, no tube to connect them together

a gamecube with the gameboy player attached, controller, 2 memory cards and when i opened it up Mario kart double dash games was inside

and all the way on the other end of the building i found the startup disk and instructions for the player, odds of finding both of those on the same day that far apart are about 1 in a million

then i found a gamecube mario mansino game and a gameboy color game

an hp digital camera, then when i got home and put batteries in it powers up and down right away and lcd display is not working right

also 8 new spark plugs don't know what engine they fit

the gamecube, gameboy player, memory cards and games all work fine

i'll list dectertor and camera as parts or repair and split the other stuff up for resale.

the gameboy player base and startuo disk shoul sell for more than i paid for the whole lot

Spoiler

$16.00 plus tax

the last picture is the gameboy color game on my tv screen using the gameboy player on gamecube.

[Moparformances]

a white's metal dectector main top and scanning piece, no tube to connect them together

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ya might try contacting White's on monday and see what the replacement parts cost.. selling it whole should get ya a whole lot more for it... who know the parts may be cheep

[hanabi]

ya might try contacting White's on monday and see what the replacement parts cost.. selling it whole should get ya a whole lot more for it... who know the parts may be cheep

Sometimes you can find the 'stems' for sale on eBay, I've seen them in the past on UK eBay

Detectorists often buy extra stems for the different search heads, we have a White's DFX and it has 3 different heads, so we have been considering buying extra stems so that it's easier to change heads

btw the one you have says it's a Coin Master and that is a model that my late brother-in-law used a lot, I am told he has a lot of finds in the British Museum that were found with a Coin master

Maybe you should keep that one LD and have a go at finding your fortune!!

[luckydog]

i found a 4 foot chrome tube at goodwill the right size i needed for the metal detector

I did a temp tape job and mounted the coil and base together, I installed a 9 volt battery and turned it on

its alive I printed out the manual, so I''ll have to peruse that to get an idea of setting the adjustments.

everything seems to work find, i dropped a few pennies and it found them

[compirate]

Become a free-lance Mine Sweeper!

[luckydog]

I stopped at goodwill yesterday and didn't find much, I went to Walmart and decided to stop back and found almost 8 pounds of legos for 99 cents a pound

there were around 20 people in the lot, I ran some listings of the people on ebay and sold 8 pirates, natives, some sharks, a boat and few other pieces for 9.75 buy it now

I also sold 3 pink girls with a bunch of pink and girlie colors for 9.75

LEGO THREE GIRLS WOMEN IN PINK & MANY PIECES PARADISE - eBay (item 160426718916 end time Apr-23-10 16:20:45 PDT)

I still have 10 people and a medium flat rate box full of about 5 pounds to sell yet

here's a message from the lady who bought the pink lot

I am so glad you added all the extra pieces as i have been looking for pink windows and light pink pieces for i am trying to build a "rose cottage". i love the stairs and lampposts!! i am excited to get these...since i am confined to a wheelchair, i have grown to enjoy the building with legos. i can "run and jump and play" via my lego people!! thank you again. susan i am glad the one girl had pink legs and not lavendar! thanks i love pink legos and girly flower legos!